By Monty Siekerman
If you wondered where the youth of Ada were on Monday morning, you would have found many at Ada War Memorial Park for the beginning of Youth Football Camp.
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Camp Director Shawn Christopher said this year's camp is the biggest camp ever with 51 third through eighth graders and 42 high school assistants participating.
The youngsters are learning skills through drills prior to regular practice which will be at the park for Midget Football and at the school for Junior High Football.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is set to depart for Europe on Friday, July 21, where it will compete in four countries during an 11-day preseason trip.
Northern will take on two teams in the first six days, before entering a 7-game tournament on the final day.
After arriving in Zurich, Switzerland, Northern will travel to Salzburg, Austria where the team will tour the city and visit the birthplace of Mozart.
Northern will cap the day off with its first contest as it takes on FC Bergheim at 3:30 pm.
The fourth day of the trip will feature a tour of Munich, Germany and a tour of Allianz Stadium, home of 1860 Munich and Bayern Munich Fussball Clubs.
Three Ohio Northern athletes were named All-American Scholars for 2016-17 by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.
Seniors Jennifer Hipskind (Fort Wayne, Ind./Dwenger) and Ariana Tomasula (Rocky River/Lutheran West) and sophomore Caitlin Silva (Hilliard/Bradley) all earned the honor.
The Polar Bears posted a third place finish at the OAC Championships and a 26-27 overall record under fourth-year head coach Chad Bucci.
The Ohio Northern football team received votes in the 2017 D3football.compreseason poll, released on Monday.
This marks the 14th time in the last 16 seasons that the Polar Bears have been been mentioned in a national poll.
A year ago, Northern was ranked No. 22 in the preseason D3football.com poll.
The Polar Bears went 5-5 overall, tied for fourth in the OAC with a 5-4 mark in 2016.
Ohio Northern returns 12 starters, seven All-Conference honorees and 34 lettermen from last year's squad and will open its 2017 season on Sept. 2 at Adrian (Mich.) under 14th-year head coach Dean Paul.
